Gwilym's Adventure Blog

Another stonking Scottish Day. North Buttress (West Route) on Buachaille Etive Mor delivered four pitches of great climbing with some glimpses of sunshine. Although a little bit of wading was required on the way in and up through the grade 1 ground to the start of the route, once on the upper buttress it was nice and (mainly) firm snow with even some ice. Sadly due to some wind we decided to not top out and abseiled back down the route to the bottom and enjoyed a leisurely walk out knowing that we would be back at the car in plenty of time before darkness fell.

Today I was on Curved Ridge with Sam and Katie with Jake tagging along to give some feedback on my short roping. A bit of wading through some less than useful snow at the start but it improved as we went up. A few teams on the ridge today meaning a bit of waiting at times but all very sociable and friendly.

The drive home went via Glencoe, a detour into Glen Etive and back over Rannoch Mor enjoying the views before following alongside Loch Lomond to Glasgow, dropping of the parents and then the mind numbing M74, M6, M5 journey back to Somerset.